BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20160216T230000Z DTEND:20160217T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:YEA! (Young Entrepreneurs Academy) CEO Roundtable Event DESCRIPTION:LOCAL CEOs SHARE TIPS WITH TEEN CEOs\n\nYoung Entrepreneurs Learn from those at the Top \n\nYou are cordially invited to join us for this informative and fun YEA! CEO Roundtable Event.\n\nPlease RSVP!\n\n\nWhat is YEA!?\n\n\n\nThe Youth Entrepreneur Academy is a cutting-edge program that takes middle- and high-school students between the ages of 11 and 18 through the process of starting and launching a real business or social movement over the course of an academic year. By the end of the class\, students own and operate fully-formed and functioning businesses\, which may be carried on after their graduation from the program. YEA! aims to teach students at an early age how to make a job\, not just take a job. Visit the YEA! Lincoln Facebook page for photos and more.\n\n\n\nWhy Should I Attend This Event?\n\n\n\nAs a non-profit organization\, YEA! relies on the generosity of the community and of sponsors\; people who identify with entrepreneurship and want to help pave the way for the future business leaders of tomorrow. During the course of the nine-month program\, a significant number of local businesses become involved with YEA! at various levels. Students work in close cooperation with local business leaders\, community leaders and educators who use their personal experiences to demonstrate how to transform their ideas into tangible enterprises that create economic and social value for a better world. You can play a role in the economic development of our community by supporting these young entrepreneurs. \n\n\n\nWho Will Be at This Event?\n\n\n\nIn addition to your attendance\, this event will feature these business leaders who will share their successes and challenges with the audience and students:\n\n\n\nMr. Tom O'Neal\, President\, O'Nealgas\n\nMrs. Connie Cline\, Owner\, The Pewter Company & Tommy's Tees\n\nMr. Bill Elmore\, President & CEO\, Commander Communications\n\nMr. Jim Shepherd\, Owner\, The Cleaners of Ruston\n\nMr. Chris Garriga\, Managing Partner\, Log Cabin Mesquite Grill\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, February 16\, 2016\n\n5pm: Light Refreshments\n\n5:30-7pm: Panel Discussion\n\nLincoln Parish Library Events Center\n\n910 N. Trenton St.\, Ruston\, LA\n\n\n\nDrawing Prizes include:\n\n\n\n Lunch with Mayor Ronny Walker\, City of Ruston\n\n Business Gift Basket \n\n Free Round of Golf at Ruston Country Club\n\n\n\n2015-16 Students:\n\nBethany Ates\, daughter of Gregory & Christy Ates\n\nChristall Bates\, daughter of Dr. Tiffany & Richard Bates\n\nMolly Bertrand\, daughter of Jonathan & Jennifer Parker\n\nTravis Cox\, son of Rob & Laura Cox\n\nNicholas Derosas\, son of Pedro Derosa & Daniela Mainardi\n\nAutumn Moon\, daughter of Will & Sunny Moon\n\nKate Posey\, daughter of Jeff & Beverly Posey\n\nAbbey Warren\, daughter of Brian & Sarah Warren\n\n\n\nThank you to our YEA! Sponsors:\n\nLocal Championship Sponsor - Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers\; Scholarship Sponsors - Bank of Ruston\, Grambling Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity\, Inc.\, & Rocketfast Car Wash\;\n\nOther Supporters - Louisiana Center for the Blind\, Mike Walsworth - State Senator & Louisiana Methodist Children's Home X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

LOCAL CEOs SHARE TIPS WITH TEEN CEOs
\nYoung Entrepreneurs Learn from those at the Top \;

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You are cordially invited to join us for this informative and fun YEA! CEO Roundtable Event.
\nPlease RSVP!
\n
\nWhat is YEA!?
\n
\nThe Youth Entrepreneur Academy is a cutting-edge program that takes middle- and high-school students between the ages of 11 and 18 through the process of starting and launching a real business or social movement over the course of an academic year. By the end of the class\, students own and operate fully-formed and functioning businesses\, which may be carried on after their graduation from the program. YEA! aims to teach students at an early age how to make a job\, not just \;take a job. Visit the YEA! Lincoln Facebook page for photos and more.
\n
\nWhy Should I Attend This Event?
\n
\nAs a non-profit organization\, YEA! relies on the generosity of the community and of sponsors\; people who identify with entrepreneurship and want to help pave the way for the future business leaders of tomorrow. During the course of the nine-month program\, a significant number of local businesses become involved with YEA! at various levels. Students work in close cooperation with local business leaders\, community leaders and educators who use their personal experiences to demonstrate how to transform their ideas into tangible enterprises that create economic and social value for a better world. You can play a role in the economic development of our community by supporting these young entrepreneurs. \;
\n
\nWho Will Be at This Event?
\n
\nIn addition to your attendance\, this event will feature these business leaders who will share their successes and challenges with the audience and students:
\n
\nMr. Tom O&rsquo\;Neal\, President\, O&rsquo\;Nealgas
\nMrs. Connie Cline\, Owner\, \;The Pewter Company \;&\; \;Tommy'\;s Tees
\nMr. Bill Elmore\, President &\; CEO\, Commander Communications
\nMr. Jim Shepherd\, Owner\, The Cleaners of Ruston
\nMr. Chris Garriga\, Managing Partner\, \;Log Cabin Mesquite Grill
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\nTuesday\, February 16\, 2016
\n5pm: Light Refreshments
\n5:30-7pm: Panel Discussion
\nLincoln Parish Library Events Center
\n910 N. Trenton St.\, Ruston\, LA
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\nDrawing Prizes include:
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\n&bull\; Lunch with \;Mayor Ronny Walker\, City of Ruston
\n&bull\; Business Gift Basket \;
\n&bull\; Free Round of Golf at \;Ruston Country Club
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\n2015-16 Students:
\nBethany Ates\, daughter of Gregory &\; Christy Ates
\nChristall Bates\, daughter of Dr. Tiffany &\; Richard Bates
\nMolly Bertrand\, daughter of Jonathan &\; Jennifer Parker
\nTravis Cox\, son of Rob &\; Laura Cox
\nNicholas Derosas\, son of Pedro Derosa &\; Daniela Mainardi
\nAutumn Moon\, daughter of Will &\; Sunny Moon
\nKate Posey\, daughter of Jeff &\; Beverly Posey
\nAbbey Warren\, daughter of Brian &\; Sarah Warren
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\nThank you to our YEA! Sponsors:
\nLocal Championship Sponsor - \;Raising Cane'\;s Chicken Fingers\; Scholarship Sponsors - \;Bank of Ruston\, Grambling Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity\, Inc.\, &\; \;Rocketfast Car Wash\;
\nOther Supporters - \;Louisiana Center for the Blind\, \;Mike Walsworth - State Senator \;&\; \;Louisiana Methodist Children'\;s Home LOCATION:Lincoln Parish Library Events Center 910 N. Trenton St.\, Ruston\, LA UID:e.682.6793 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260505T054715Z URL:https://business.rustonlincoln.org/events/details/yea-young-entrepreneurs-academy-ceo-roundtable-event-02-16-2016-6793 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR